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Gasoil Backwardation Softens on Easing Near Term Tight Supplies

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Near term Gasoil backwardation has softened from the high time spreads seen at the start of August suggesting an easing of the near term tight supplies as crack spreads have drifted lower and refinery outages have reduced.

  • The prompt spread has fallen from a peak of 21.75$/mt on 1 Aug back to the lowest since 26 July at 8.0$/mt.
  • The Dec23-Dec24 spread has pulled back from 86.75$/mt on 2 Aug to 67$/mt but remains high compared to around 23$/mt from the start of July amid ongoing tight supplies and low global inventories.
  • The US and European diesel cracks spreads have also eased back slightly this week after the strong rally seen in July. The European front month Gasoil-Brent spread is down from about 33.5$/bbl on 3 Aug to 29.9$/bbl today.
    • Gasoil AUG 23 down -2.2% at 869.75$/mt
    • ULSD SEP 23 down -1.1% at 2.98$/gal
    • Gasoil AUG 23-SEP 23 down -2.75$/mt at 7.75$/mt
    • Gasoil DEC 23-DEC 24 down -7.5$/mt at 66.75$/mt
    • EU Gasoil-Brent down -0.5$/bbl at 30.17$/bbl
    • US ULSD crack down -0.7$/bbl at 44.12$/bbl


Source: Bloomberg

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